Monday, January 28, 2019

Three Manichaean Sogdian letters unearthed in Bäzäklik, Turfan (ベゼクリク千仏洞出土のマニ教ソグド語手紙文研究)

Author:
Yutaka YOSHIDA(吉田豊)

Publisher:
臨川書店

Publication date:
January 2019

Abstract:

1981年に中華人民共和国ウイグル自治区のトルファン市の北東に位置するベゼクリク千仏洞の遺跡から発見され、世界的に注目を集めながら本格的な紹介がこれまでなされなかったマニ教ソグド語文書3点をめぐって、そのテクスト・翻訳・註釈・語彙を提出すると共に、その歴史的背景及びソグド語手紙文の書式一般を論じる(全文英文)。

Table of Contents:
Plates and maps

Preface

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Part I: Introduction
1 Discovery of the letters and the previous studies
2 The Contents and Dating of the letters
3 Possible places of dispatch: the problem of Twδ kδ mentioned in Letter B
Excursus: The name of Samarqand attested in a Turfan fragment
4 Relationship between the Manichaeans resident in the West Uighur Kingdom and those in Samarqand and the territory of the Karakhanid Kingdom
5 Seat of archegos in Turfan?

Part II: Epistolary formula of the three Bäzäklik letters and other Sogdian letters
1 Structual components of the letters
2 Continuity of formulaic phrases
3 Model letters
4 Recurring expressions
Excursus: Seal impressions

Part III: Text, translation, and commentaries
1 Introduction: Description of the manuscripts and their paleographical and linguistic features
2 Letter A
3 Letter B
4 Letter C

Glossary

Index

Lists of plates, maps, tables and figures

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